Signaling

[carbon]

Dive-alert
Surface Marker, regular size
Surface Marker, huge size
Whistle
Dye Marker
A real signaling/rescue mirror
Drinking water
Knife
EMT shears

I dive with these every dive. Now I'm afraid if I make one dive without all this stuff, THAT will be the dive something happens.

 

[vladimir]

SMB, mirror, dye, Camera strobes, and sometimes I bring a personal EPIRB:
Pains Wessex Fastfind Plus 406 PLB EPIRB

I know, it sounds like overkill, but the mirror and the dye don't take up much space, the SMB and camera strobe are routinely used, and the EPIRB, well, that's overkill. I rarely lug it. It is pretty heavy with the waterproof canister and I already have too much baggage between the camera gear and the scuba gear.

 

[grassyknoll]

SMB & reel, mirror, whistle, strobe, light, all are mixed and matched depending on the type of dive. Oh yeah, and a self contained audible signaling device I call screaming and wailing-always carry that one.

 

[do it easy]

For the occasional warm water dive, I carry a safety sausage and whistle. For night dives, I'll add a primary and a backup. I'd carry more but I haven't put pockets on my 3mm.

In cold water, I carry a sausage with spool, whistle, mirror, a backup sausage, a primary HID, and two backup lights.

 

[PfcAJ]

I carry 2 SMBs (a big one and a lil' one), and a USCG whistle I picked up at West Marine, and 2 lights.

 

[ToddK]

Strobe, safety sausage, whistle on my person; SMB, liftbag & two lights on my harness/BP.

 

[Buoyant1]

I usually carry a small light in my pocket and I havee one of those little orange whistles on my BC...I only carry my sausage for deep ocean dives (ok, like I've done a lot...I've only done two...and that was this past Tuesday)

 

[bluewaterdiva]

Trucker girl: I LOVE the redneck mirror! I am going to add that one to my BC collection! Great idea! I use a sausage, knife on right shoulder (when the dive op lets me), always carry a dive light, whistle and tank strobe.

 

[Paco]

Sausage (with finger spool)
Whistle
Back-up light in BC pocket

 

[reefduffer]

Using the principle of most bang for minimum inconvenience, I have a small
safety sausage. In the sausage carry bag is stuffed a whistle, a glo-tube,
a signal mirror, and an 8' buddy tether made of #48 braided nylon line
with a plastic snap bolt equivalent. All tied together with 2' or so lengths
of #24 line so the pieces will not drift away.

I also made up the same kit for my wife. We've carried them every dive since our first
tropical trip, which featured drift diving. [Full disclosure: My wife didn't bother clipping
it to her rental BC on our recent dive of Weeki Watchee springs, overconfident that
she would not get lost. I, however, have it clipped and bungied to my BC
and never thought about it, which is the idea.]
And two more that will be xmas presents for my diving inlaws.

Maybe 2" diameter and 6" long. Just clip it to a low rear D-ring every dive and
don't think about it. None of these things might be the perfect tool I'd want if
I ever find myself adrift, but because it's so painless to carry the kit, I'm pretty
sure it will be there when needed, such as it is.